1.甜头儿 sugar plum

如果不尝到点甜头儿，她是不会干那种事的

She wouldn’t do that if she hadn’t got sort of sugar plum.

2.什么都敢赌 can bet one’s bottom dollar

她绝对不会和他结婚的，这个我什么都敢赌。

I can bet my bottom dollar that she won’t marry him for anything.

3.美中不足a fly in the ointment

我喜欢那套房子，但美中不足的是离上班的地方太远。

I like the house, but there’s a fly in the ointment: I have to commute so far to work.

4．蹩脚货/次品 a lemon

几天以后他才发现他买的车是个蹩脚货。

Not until several days later did he find the car he bought was a lemon.

5.小道消息 through the grapevine

不要听任何小道消息，现在传闲话的人越来越多了。

Don’t believe anything through the grapevine. There are more and more gossipers.

6.其丑无比 have a face that would stop a clock

我真不敢想象象李同这样英俊的小伙子竟然和奇丑无比的孙丽结了婚

You can hardly imagine that a handsome man like Li Tong would get married with a girl like Sun Li who has a face that would stop the clock.

7.体型匀称 be well-proportioned

杰克体型匀称，个头适中，一双大眼睛炯炯有神，成了许多女孩追求的目标。

Lack, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of intense big eyes, has become the target of many pretty girls.

8. 做得太过火了 overplay one’s hand

你一定时做得太过火了， 否则她不会对你如此不依不饶的。

You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldn’t have taken off her gloves to you like that!

9.正中下怀 play into someone’s hands

你同意到外地出差正中老板下怀，至于原因，还是留给你自己去思考吧

Your agreeing to take the business trip in another city well played into the hands of the boss. As for the reason, you put it in the pipe and smoke it.

10/轻松的工作 a cushy job

他想干个轻松的工作，可又怕挣钱太少了。

He hope to take a cushy job but at the same time, worries about pay he gets from such a job.